Sunday, September 28, 2008

Holy Air Freshners!

EDIT - if you also bought the 3m lint rollers and aren't satisfied with them, you can submit for this Satisfaction Guarantee (up to $4.99).EDIT - there is another BOGO coupon for the Glade gel warmers on coupons.com - thanks Tosha!

Walmart

3 bags Tidy Cats litter ($6.73 ea) & 3 bags of the litter pads ($4.32 ea) - its getting harder and harder to find this stuff so when I see it, I've been grabbing multiple packages. I used one $1 Tidy Cats coupon that my houndfriend dancinmama sent me (wish I had more to use but they weren't in my inserts)

22 Glade Gel Warmers $1.79 each, used a combination of BOGO coupons (or 9/14 SS) and $0.55 coupons (also print when you print the BOGO coupons) and got back $2 catalina for each warmer I bought

So here's the run down: I paid $21.51 OOP for the warmers and I got back $44 in catalinas! That's a $22.49 profit!

Well, I just had to put all those catalinas to good use! All in all, I had $64 to spend (including catalinas I'd earned today and a couple days back). Back to S&S DBF and I went:

So, as far as I understand it, here's the deal with S&S catalinas. They are manufacturer's coupons (as opposed to S&S coupons), so you can only use one per item. Also, if you have a $2 catalina, your item must cost at least $2. So the name of the game was finding as many $2 and $3 items as possible. Here's what I got:

Even if you don't have any Q's for the Glade gel warmers, at $1.79 each, you make $0.21 for every $2 catalina you get back. The $0.55 coupons are actually a better deal than the BOGO coupons. $1.79 + $1.79 - $1.10 - $1.10 ($0.55 Q doubled) = $1.38 for two (versus $1.79 with the BOGO Q).

9 comments:

Per good blogging etiquette (so I have been told) I wanted to let you know how much your posts help me to use my coupons and limited time resources so well! I look forward to much needed lint rollers (furbabies) and moneymaker butter (holiday baking) this week! Oh, and my house is goin' to smell so good!!!!!!!

do the 0.55 coupons work on the warmers themselves? i have a few but hadn't used them b/c they say they are for the refill and i wasn't sure if they would go through. did the cashier have to push them for you?

Lillie,Thank you so much! :) I love when I'm buying things that I actually need at the moment (ie. butter and lint rollers). Its great to stock up on things, but when I'm out of something, buying it for free or making money on it feels even better.

Queen,Oops! Are those coupons for the refills? Honest to goodness, I didn't even realize that. They went through without so much as a beep at all the stores I went to.

Lindsay - the most I did in one transaction was 14. I'm not sure there even is a limit on how many you can buy per transaction. But S&S may have a limit on how many coupons they double per transaction. So if you're going to be using the $0.55 coupons, I'd ask Customer Service beforehand to see how many they will double. If not, I'd swing for the fences and buy as many as you have Q's for!

official S&S policy is 4 identical coupons will be doubled. it depends on if the cashier is pyaing attention.....registers are not programmed to stop doubling at 4 (hint hint)...in my SE MA area anyway.